Category THE LIBRARY

Books, films & reviews

A Wide Enough Fence

sunset darkside

Elephants raised a rhinoceros. A rhinoceros raised a penguin. Reading The Long, Long Night to my children made me think about love, letting go, and helping them one day find their own sea.

The Courage to Survive

stop sign at sunset

What if courage is not only fighting to the end? Radical Hope asks us to consider the courage to let go, admit weakness, ask for help, and survive so there can still be a next generation.

He Still Knew How to Come Home

Two women chatting in front of the sea

As a child, I thought The Old Man and the Sea was unbearably boring. Reading it again as an adult, I found a story about aging, dignity, loss—and the grace of still knowing how to come home.